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• Quadrant (instrument) — Ptolemy using a quadrant A quadrant is an instrument that is used to measure angles up to 90°. It was originally proposed by Ptolemy as a better kind of astrolabe.[1] Several different variations of the instrument were later produced by medieval… …   Wikipedia

• Quadrant Park — was one of the best known nightclubs in Liverpool during the early 1990s. The club originally started as a mainstream venue much earlier than the introduction of the new styles of music through DJs in 1990.Quadrant Park SiteIt was located on… …   Wikipedia

• Quadrant (automobile) — Quadrant (full name: The Quadrant Cycle Company ) was a company in Birmingham, England that was established in 1890 as a bicycle manufacturer. They advanced to make motorcycles from 1899 or 1905 until their demise in 1927 or 1930. They also made… …   Wikipedia

• Quadrant — Not to be confused with quartile. Quadrant may refer to: A sector equal to one quarter of a circle, or half a semicircle, see Circular sector The sectors of a two dimensional cartesian coordinate system, see Cartesian coordinate system#Quadrants… …   Wikipedia

• Quadrant roadway intersection — A quadrant roadway intersection includes an extra roadway between two legs of the intersection. This roadway adds two three way intersections in addition to the original four way intersection.The advantage is that all left turns1 are removed from …   Wikipedia

• quadrant — (quad)    1. a unit of angle measure equal to 1/4 circle, pi/2 radians, 90°, or 100 grads.    2. a unit of distance equal to the distance from the North Pole to the Equator.    The metric system was originally designed to make this distance… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• Galactic quadrant (Star Trek) — The Milky Way s four galactic quadrants as depicted in Star Trek along with labels noting locations of the major political forces In the television series Star Trek and its spin offs, Galactic quadrant refers to an area of the Milky Way Galaxy.… …   Wikipedia

• Galactic quadrant — In the television series Star Trek and its spin offs, Galactic quadrant refers to an area of the Milky Way Galaxy (although it s apparently no longer called the Milky Way). In the original Star Trek, it referred to an area interchangeable with a… …   Wikipedia

• Elton's quadrant — An Elton s quadrant is a derivative of the Davis quadrant. It adds an index arm and artificial horizon to the instrument. It was invented by John Elton a sea captain who patentedhis design in 1728Bennett, Jim, Catadioptrics and commerce in… …   Wikipedia

• Bruton v. London and Quadrant Housing Trust — English case infobox name=Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust court=House of Lords date decided= 24 June 1999 full name= Bruton v London Quadrant Housing Trust citations= [2000] 1 A.C. 406; [1999] 3 W.L.R. 150; [1999] 3 All E.R. 481;… …   Wikipedia

• Four-quadrant gate — A four quadrant gate is a type of boom barrier gate protecting a grade crossing.It has a gate mechanism on both sides of the tracks for both directions of automotive traffic. The exit gates blocking the road leading away from the tracks in this… …   Wikipedia